Unravelling interactions between salt marsh evolution and sedimentary processes in the Wadden Sea (southeastern North Sea)

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 691-715

  Schuerch, Mark ^a   Dolch, Tobias ^b   Reise, Karsten ^b   Vafeidis, Athanasios T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

modelling; salt marshes; sea level rise; sediment dynamics; tidal flats; Wadden Sea

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SEDIMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALTMARSH; SAND; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDAL FLAT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

AVES; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84919653669     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: 14770296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133314548746     Document Type: Article

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